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HURRICANE ADOLPH ADVISORY NUMBER 14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM PDT MON MAY 28 2001
...ADOLPH NOW AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE...
AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN COAST OF MEXICO.
HOWEVER...INTERESTS ALONG THE COAST WEST OF ZIHUATANEJO SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
HURRICANE.
AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF ADOLPH WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
15.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.5 WEST OR ABOUT 180 MILES...290
KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.
ADOLPH IS MOVING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 145 MPH...230 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS BUT
ADOLPH IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A VERY DANGEROUS HURRICANE.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES... 65 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 940 MB...27.76 INCHES.
ALTHOUGH THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OFFSHORE...
OUTER RAINBANDS STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES IN OR NEAR MOUNTAINOUS AREAS.
REPEATING THE 8 PM PDT POSITION...15.2N 102.5W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...145 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 940 MB.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
WITH THE LOWERING OF THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING...THIS WILL BE THE
LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ON ADOLPH UNLESS IT AGAIN BECOMES A THREAT TO
LAND.
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
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